Pacquiao has to roll back the years to exact revenge... but I'm backing Bradley to win

Manny Pacquiao is still brilliant but he is on the slide and is not the man he once was.

But his average is everybody else's outstanding so Timothy
Bradley has to be on top form if he is to beat him for a second time in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

The first fight was very tight to call and this will decide
it all. Both fighters are at different stages in their careers and a lot has
changed since the first fight and that’s why I think Bradley will edge it.

Looking good: Timothy Bradley plans to stun Manny Pacquiao for a second time in their rematch in Las Vegas

I was at that fight two years ago and the after party was not set up for Bradley to
win. It wasn’t expected to be done but he shut the shop. It was mad to suggest
he would get the win, never mind the decision.

I saw him first hand, he had a great game plan, he was an
excellent physical specimen and a good boxing brain. Timothy Bradley is a rising star and he’s getting better and better with every performance but he’s
not getting the credit he’s due. That must be incredibly frustrating for him.

He has gone up a notch since the first fight, beating Ruslan Provodnikov and Juan Manuel Marquez. He has been hurt and he feels as
though he's got something to prove. He's in a very strong position and is just on the brow of that hill.

Shock: Pacquiao was the overwhelming favourite to beat Bradley in 2012 but lost on points

Tough: Bradley has never received the recognition he deserves for his victories in recent years

Pacquiao has to use speed, movement and consistent, unpredictable
pressure if he is to win the fight. What I mean by that is he needs to use a tormenting pressure like he
did against Oscar De La Hoya. He was in, he was out; he was in, he was out. He wouldn’t
give De La Hoya breathing space and that's what he's got to do with Bradley.

The problem is, Bradley can also do that but his work is not
as tidy as an on-form Pacquiao but we’re talking about of Pacquiao of old – he wouldn’t
have been knocked sparked out by Marquez so we know he's slipping
and he's making mistakes.

That's why I see Bradley winning on points in a close decision.

Rolling back the years: Pacquiao must pressure Bradley in the same way he did to Oscar De La Hoya

Still got it? Many have questioned if Pacquiao is still capable of re-producing the performances of yesteryear